HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-01-2014 C4 2014-15 Community Promotions Program - TBID & PCCCity of San Luis Obispo, Council Agenda Report, Meeting Date, Item Number
FROM: Michael Codron, Assistant City Manager
Prepared By: Molly Cano, Tourism Manager
SUBJECT: 2014-15 COMMUNITY PROMOTIONS PROGRAM – TBID & PCC
RECOMMENDATION
1. Authorize the City Manager to enter into various contracts for the Tourism Business
Improvement District (TBID) not to exceed the 2014-15 program budget of
$1,232,774 and based on the recommendations by the TBID Board.
2. Authorize the City Manager to enter into various contracts for Community
Promotions not to exceed the 2014-15 program budget of $362, 000 and based on
the recommendations by the Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC).
3. Authorize the City Manager to enter into contracts utilizing the TBID Fund un-
appropriated fund balance from the 2013-14 fiscal year for tourism marketing
expenditures in 2014-15 and based on the recommendations by the TBID Board.
4. Authorize the City Manager to enter into contracts utilizing the TBID Fund Reserve
of $100,000 for tourism marketing expenditures in 2014-15 and based on the
recommendations by the TBID Board.
5. As recommended by the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Board,
approve the financing of the contract with Zeppelin Technology Inc. for Helium, a
new back end hotel booking platform, and authorize the City Manager to execute the
agreement in the amount of $135,000, with the carryover of $13,500 from the
2013/14 TBID budget and the remaining $121,500 to be allocated from the 2014/15
TBID budget.
DISCUSSION
Background
With the 2013-15 Financial Plan, the City Council approved the budget and defined the work
program for the Community Promotions program and the Tourism Business Improvement
District (TBID). Both of these programs are overseen and administered by advisory bodies to the
City Council. The Promotional Coordinating Committee makes recommendations regarding the
use of Community Promotions funding, and the TBID Board recommends the use of TBID
assessment proceeds. Both Boards developed a budget and work program for the 2013-15
Financial Plan, and established recommendations for use of funding in 2014-15 with respective
contract considerations.
Tourism Business Improvement District
In their budget deliberations, the TBID Board considered recommendations from its budget
taskforce, a subcommittee of the Board. Recommendations included proposals from the San Luis
Obispo Chamber of Commerce, Visit San Luis Obispo County, SLO Wine Country Association,
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and Cal Poly Athletics/Learfield. The Board also considered continued expenditures for the
Central Coast Tourism Council membership and the commissioning of the Smith Travel
Occupancy reports.
The TBID Board recommends that Council authorize the City Manager to enter into separate
contracts with the following organizations for the specified programs (Attachment 1 - TBID
Minutes, May 14, 2014):
• Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $28,000 to further establish a lodging
availability and guest conversion program at the Visitors Center
• Program funding for Visit San Luis Obispo County in the amount of $105,000,
which will include membership for all TBID lodging properties
• Continued partnership with SLO Wine Country Association in the amount of
$10,000 for inclusive SLO TBID membership, marketing and media outreach
1. Cal Poly Athletics/ Learfield
The TBID Board also recommends renewing the partnership with Cal Poly Athletics/Learfield
for an additional three-year commitment with an annual sponsorship fee of $35,000 plus 605
complimentary rooms - to be purchased through the TBID – with a value not to exceed $60,500,
for a total package of $95,500. Through the previous partnership, the Board established a
reimbursement schedule that allocates a specific amount ($100 inclusive) paid per room/ per
night. This agreement will continue the exclusivity of San Luis Obispo lodging for all events and
teams connected to Cal Poly Athletics with one exception. The football team will continue to
lodge its recruits at the Cliffs in Pismo Beach due to the capacity of San Luis Obispo hotels
individually and the requirements of the football guests.
In addition, for the first time ever, the TBID will partner with Cal Poly Alumni Association and
receive the opportunity to promote San Luis Obispo tourism to over 80,000 alumni with active
email addresses on file, most of who live in the TBID’s top target markets of Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Staff is expected to continue to coordinate between Cal Poly and the hotels. The
rooms will be paid in fiscal year 2014-15 and come out of that fiscal year’s assessment revenue
(Attachment 2- Cal Poly Athletics Proposal).
2. Zeppelin Technology Inc. - Helium
The TBID has dedicated the past five years to the development and promotion of the City’s
tourism website – sanluisobispovacations.com – as the major tourism marketing tool for the City
and its hotels. Since the site’s inception, the TBID has recognized the need to offer an online
reservation tool. Until now the standard industry options did not fit the specific needs of the
TBID, and the expense for Rosetta to build a customized solution was not economically viable.
As a temporary solution, over the past five years the site has acted as the visitor introduction and
then filtered guests to individual hotel sites for reservations. This process not only forces visitors
to leave the TBID’s site but also creates more work for the visitor and results in a higher loss of
business. With the recent development of the TBID’s five-year strategic plan, the Board
prioritized the need to build an integrated booking engine that serves across multiple platforms.
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The TBID Board has identified a unique software booking solution called Helium, developed by
Zeppelin Technology company. This technology is not offered by any other provider in the
market. It is customizable software that can be designed specifically for SLO TBID’s network to
service all types of properties including hotels, motels, bed & breakfast establishments, hostels,
and homestay properties. Helium is unlike any other booking platform currently in the market
because it meets the specific needs of each subscriber and offers a unique set of features;
integration to the TBID site, reporting capabilities, warranty and booking guarantees, knowledge
base, and the overall customized platform. This allows for flexibility in digitizing inventory of
our properties that would not otherwise be available and gives the TBID the tools to gauge the
success of its marketing programs thorough the booking results.
The TBID Board unanimously recommends the City Council authorize a sole source contract
with Zeppelin Technology for development of the custom booking solution called Helium. The
total cost for Helium is $135,000, of which $13,500 would be used from the 2013/14 TBID
budget and the remaining $121,500 is to be allocated from the 2014/15 TBID budget. The TBID
Board’s marketing agent (Rosetta) has significant experience with online marketing and booking
technology, and they confirmed that this unique product cannot be obtained by any other
provider and is the best solution for the TBID. Per the Municipal Code, standard bidding
procedures may be dispensed with when the item(s) to be purchased can be obtained from only
one vendor or supplier (MC3.24.060C), therefore a sole source contract is justified (Attachment
3- Helium agreement).
The remaining program funds will be allocated to program expenses and marketing campaigns
including involvement in various tradeshows, industry conferences, and event promotion
sponsorship. (Attachment 4 – Line Item Budget Allocations). Any un-appropriated fund balance
from 2013-14 will be used for marketing programs like event promotion and tradeshow
representation.
Promotional Coordinating Committee
During their March 12, 2014 meeting, the PCC received a proposal from the Chamber of
Commerce to continue ongoing contract services for the City that include public relations
management, marketing and public relations support of the Grants-in-Aid (GIA) recipients, and
the production of the City tear-off-maps. The Chamber requested the opportunity to continue the
tourism and community promotions PR services for the City through the PCC, however they
encouraged the PCC to consider additional contracting for an outside media monitoring tool
beyond what was used in the current year. For the tear-off maps the Chamber requested an
additional $500 for a total of $8,000 in FY 14-15 for the production and printing of 150,000 tear-
off maps to keep up with the increased demand and traffic through the Visitor Center.
During the May 14, 2014 meeting the PCC finalized the 2014-15 budget allocations and
continued programmatic approach for GIA funding, event promotions, Visitor Services and
beautification. After considerable deliberation, the Committee determined that it was of highest
priority to maintain contract services with the Chamber of Commerce and decided to fully fund
all of the proposals for the 2014-15 year. The Committee discussed the importance of beginning
the contract for the new media monitoring tool as soon as possible in order to capture the media
results during the peak travel season so the Committee decided to allocate a portion of the
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remaining 2013-14 budget to the contract of that service. The Committee then discussed the
request to carryover the remaining 2013-14 budget for the use of Event and Activities funding to
enhance the SLO Happenings event calendar app and/or provide additional non-GIA event
sponsorship grants. If this budget carryover is not approved by the City Manager, the Committee
will still allocate funds for these purposes in lieu of full support of 2014-15 Beautification
Program efforts (Attachment 4– Line Item Budget Allocations & Attachment 5- PCC Minutes
May 14, 2014).
Joint PCC & TBID Event Promotion Subcommittee
Each fiscal year the City invests in destination event sponsorships through the Events Promotion
program of the joint TBID and PCC advisory bodies. (This process is entirely separate from the
PCC’s grants-in-aid program for non-profit event promotion.) In FY 11-12, in an effort to
coordinate the City’s investment in these destination events, both the TBID and PCC elected
three members to serve on a joint Events Promotion Subcommittee. The purpose of this
subcommittee is to collaborate on the funding decisions, avoid duplication, review the events
regarding benefits to the City’s lodging industry and residents, and make funding
recommendations to the respective boards. In most cases, the funds awarded provide events with
“seed money” to start a new event or develop a new feature of an existing event.
Beginning in FY 14-15, the TBID and PCC will implement a new consolidated annual
application process through the Events Promotion Subcommittee for events seeking sponsorship
funds from the City of San Luis Obispo. The new process is expected to be more efficient for the
TBID and PCC, and more fair for applicants seeking City sponsorship for their event. The intent
is to launch this new process beginning in FY 2014-15 by establishing an annual application
period, once a year, to award sponsorship funding to tourism generating events. With this new
process, while the majority of the event partnership funding could be awarded in the annual
consideration the committees would reserve the flexibility to award funding outside the process
should the additional funds be available within the respective program budgets.
From their respective FY 14-15 program budgets, the PCC has earmarked up to $48,000 for
event sponsorship grants and the TBID has earmarked $107,500 (Attachment 4– Line Item
Budget Allocations).
FISCAL IMPACT
The total amount currently budgeted in the 2013-15 Financial Plan Supplement for the TBID
Fund for 2014-15 is $1,232,774. In addition, the TBID fund will maintain a fund reserve of
$100,000. Due to the increase in the transient occupancy tax, the TBID fund balance is expected
to increase resulting in an un-appropriated fund balance amount that exceeds the $100,000 level.
The exact amount of this excess will not be known until the City’s audited financials for 2013-
14 will be substantially complete, and will be carried over to the next budget year.
The total amount currently budgeted in the 2013-15 Financial Plan Supplement for the
Community Promotions Program is $388,200 for 2014-15.
There is sufficient funding for the contracts as recommended by the two advisory bodies.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. The Council could choose to fund the contracts at different levels or modify the scope of
services. The advisory bodies and staff do not recommend adjustments, as the proposed
contracts are the result of careful review, discussion, and negotiations between the
parties.
2. The Council could direct the advisory bodies and staff to release Request for Proposals
for all the services outlined. This is not recommended since the recommended contractors
are well positioned to execute the established work scope in a cohesive and economical
manner.
ATTACHMENTS
1. DRAFT TBID Minutes – May 14, 2014
2. TBID: Cal Poly Athletics Proposal
3. TBID: Zeppelin Technology Inc. Agreement
4. Line Item Budget Allocations
5. DRAFT PCC Minutes – May 14, 2014
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE
1. Zeppelin Technology presentation to TBID on Helium
2. Rosetta Booking Engine Comparison presentation
3. Proposed Special Event Sponsorship Application
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Tourism Business Improvement District
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
10 am at City Hall
CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chair Clint Pearce
PRESENT: Pearce, Hutton, Walker, Wilkins
STAFF PRESENT: Molly Cano, Tourism Manager; Lee Johnson, Economic Development Manager
Call to Order at 10:01 am
Public Comment: None.
CONSENT AGENDA
ACTION: Moved by Hutton/Wilkins to approve the consent agenda.
Motion carried 4:0
PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
1. NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK PROCLAMATION
Council Member Kathy Smith presented the proclamation from City Council proclaiming May 3-11,
2014 as “NATIONAL TRAVEL & TOURISM WEEK”.
2. VISIT SLO COUNTY QUARTERLY REPORT
Paul Sloan from the Visit San Luis Obispo County presented the quarterly report for all activities
performed by Visit SLO County.
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. 2014-2015 BUDGET
The Board established the recommendations to City Council as to 2014-2015 budget allocations.
ACTION: Moved by Wilkins/Walker to allocate $105,000 to funding of marketing programs for
Visit San Luis Obispo County. That funding level would also include full membership
funding for all SLO TBID properties.
Motion carried 3:0
Abstention: Pearce
ACTION: Moved by Walker/Hutton to fund SLO Chamber of Commerce proposal for phone line
and availability tracking service at $28,000.
Motion carried 3:0
Abstention: Pearce
DRAFT
Attachment 1
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Tourism Board Improvement District Minutes Page 2
Page 2 of 2
ACTION: Moved by Pearce/Hutton to fund Cal Poly Athletics/Learfiled partnership agreement
for another 3 year term at $$35,000 plus $60,500 for hosting rooms (605 room nights) per
year.
Motion carried 4:0
ACTION: Moved by Wilkins/Hutton to fund SLO Wine at $10,000 for marketing and partnership
programs and to allocate $1000 for hosting media through SLO Wine.
Motion carried 4:0
ACTION: Moved by Walker/Wilkins to approve the 2014/15 budget allocations as presented.
Motion carried 4:0
2. 2014 TRADESHOW RECAP
Staff and Rosetta will present the 2014 Travel & Adventure Show recap for the three events attended.
The Board considered the show participation for 2015 at all three Travel & Adventure shows.
ACTION: Moved by Hutton/Wilkins to reserve booth space at the three California Travel &
Adventure shows for 2015.
Motion carried 4:0
COMMITTEE COMMUNICATION
HOTELIER UPDATE
The hotels commented on the feedback from the property visits.
Hutton noted that one property was interested in transportation for graduation weekend.
PCC UPDATE
Clint Pearce reviewed the minutes with the Board of the PCC’s March meeting.
TOURISM PROGRAM UPDATE
-Visit California Receptive FAM May 19-24– Wednesday, 5/21 will be in SLO
-Media Visit- Thursday journalist working on an article about the mission trail for the SD Union
Tribune
-Marketing Contract – approved by Council at May 6 meeting
-Special Meeting on Monday 5/19 at 10am at City Hall
-Cal Poly feasibility study for new hotel and conference center- would like to come present their
findings to the TBID at a meeting in the near future
-Applications for TBID vacant positions are due Friday at 5pm
Meeting adjourned at 10:54 am
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CORPORATE MARKETING
PROPOSAL WITH:
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Cal Poly Universe
STUDENTS
Over 19,325 Enrolled
Over 8,448 Females
Over 10,837 Males
FANS
Alumni
Parents
Trade
Customers
Sales
Force Consumers
FACULTY, STAFF &
ALUMNI
Over 2,959 Faculty &
Staff
Over 117,000 Alumni
COLLEGE SPORTS AUDIENCE
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COLLEGE SPORTS AUDIENCE
Alumni income 30% above national average.
Alumni develop lifelong affinity to their school/sport.
Average household income exceeds $100,000.
Over 70% of fans own their own homes.
Over 69% of fans own two or more cars.
Over 30% of fans have children.
50% of fans have attended or graduated from college.
Nearly $100 billion a year spent on consumer goods and
services by college students.
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Corporate sponsorship of Cal Poly Athletics provides high
profile visibility on a year-long basis and a high degree of
association with the passion and excitement of college
sports. Corporate partnerships deliver effective, impactful
marketing opportunities that can increase brand awareness
and loyalty, increase store traffic, drive sales, and support
community relations initiatives. All partners benefit from the
opportunity to reach a well-educated, upper-income
demographic with tremendous affinity for their college
programs.
EXAMPLES
In 2006 UCLA Fans were 19% less likely than the National
Average to drink Red Bull. Today UCLA Fans are 8% more
likely.
In 2006 UCLA Fans were 14% more likely to bank at Bank of
the West. Today UCLA Fans are 97% more likely.
Corporate Partner Program
OBJECTIVE
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RADIO COMMERCIALS
Share SLO will receive:
Six (6) radio spots per game at Cal Poly Football
Four (4) spots per game at Cal Poly Men’s Basketball.
Six (6) spots per game at Cal Poly Baseball.
Two (2) during each Cal Poly Coaches Show.
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VIDEO BOARD RECOGNITION
Share SLO’s fifteen (15) second commercial will be played on the
Spanos Stadium video board an average two (2) times per football
game and two (2) times per soccer match.
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VIDEO BOARD SIGN
Share SLO’s will receive one (1) sign on the video board at
Spanos Stadium
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VIDEO BOARD EXPOSURE
Share SLO will receive logo exposure on the new Mott Gym
videoboard, to be installed sometime during the 2014-15
basketball season. Share Slo will have up to four (4) exposures
per game as an instant replay sponsor.
Attachment 2
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ROTATING SIGN
Share SLO will receive one (1) courtside rotating sign at Mott
gym during all regular season home Men’s and Women’s
Basketball games.
Attachment 2
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MOTT GYM SUITE
Share SLO’s will receive the suite at Mott Gym for one (1) regular
season home Men’s and Women’s Basketball game.
Attachment 2
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OUTFIELD SIGN-BAGGETT STADIUM
Share SLO will receive one (1) outfield fence sign at Baggett
Stadium.
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OUTFIELD SIGN-JANSSEN FIELD
Share SLO will receive one (1) outfield fence sign at Janssen
Field to be displayed during all regular season home softball
games
Janssen Field, home of Cal Poly softball has never had
outfield fence signs before. Share SLO will be part of a small
group of inaugural sponsors to Cal Poly Softball.
Attachment 2
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SCOREBOARD SIGN – JANSSEN FIELD
Share SLO will receive one (1) scoreboard sign at Janssen Field
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Share SLO will be the presenting sponsor of six games during
each Cal Poly baseball season. With this sponsorship Share Slo
will receive the following:
Tagged in all Cal Poly advertising buys promoting the games.
Tagged in all in-house advertising promoting the games.
Opportunity to throw out a ceremonial first pitch for one or all of the
hotels!
PRESENTING SPONSOR OF BASEBALL GAMES
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The Cal Poly Softball Classic will be renamed the Share Slo
Softball Classic. This softball showcase features some of the
premier teams in the country playing at Janssen Field in San Luis
Obispo once per year in February.
The Women’s Basketball Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament will be
also be renamed the Share Slo Holiday Tournament. This event
takes place over the Thanksgiving Holiday and attracts some great
women's basketball talent.
NAMING RIGHTS OF THE
THE CAL POLY EVENTS
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PRINT
Share SLO will receive one (1) full page print ad in the Cal Poly
football souvenir programs
6,000 souvenir programs are annually printed.
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WEBSITE
Share SLO will receive logo recognition on the official Cal Poly
Athletics website GoPoly.com
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Share SLO will receive a link on monthly email blasts and on the
official Facebook page of Cal Poly Athletics.
Cal Poly Athletics has a database of approximately 50,000
email subscribers and 20,000 fans/friends on Facebook. The
Share SLO message appears on electronic media throughout
the year.
Attachment 2
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OTHER ASSETS
Exclusivity
Visiting Team Lists
Eight Season Tickets to ALL sports
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CAL POLY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
For the first time under this agreement, Share Slo will also partner
with the Cal Poly Alumni Association. The Cal Poly Alumni
Association has 80,000 active e-mail addresses. Most of the e-
mails belong to alumni living in the Los Angles and San Francisco
markets.
Share Slo will receive the opportunity to promote a special rate,
discount offer, or discount code to Cal Poly alumni via an e-mail
blast to 80,000 alumni four times per year.
Share Slo will be able to promote a special tourism driving event
happening in San Luis Obispo to all 80,000 e-mail addresses two
times per year. The specific event is subject to the approval and
alcohol policies of Cal Poly University.
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NET ANNUAL INVESTMENT
$35,000 AND 605 ROOM NIGHTS
AT TBID HOTELS PER YEAR
FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS
2014-2017
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DRAFT 05-21-2014
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ZEPPELIN INC.
MANAGED SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Managed Services Agreement (including all attachments and exhibits, herein this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
________________, 2014 (“Effective Date”), between Zeppelin Inc. (“Zeppelin”) and the City of San Luis Obispo (“Subscriber”) (each of Zeppelin and
Subscriber a “Party” and, collectively, the “Parties”). This Agreement sets forth the terms pursuant to which Zeppelin will provide certain services to
Subscriber and Subscriber will be permitted to use certain of Zeppelin’s web-based services. The Parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 “Hosted Services” means the web-based services identified in
Exhibit A.
1.2 “Intellectual Property Rights” means all current and future
worldwide patents and patent applications (including, without limitation,
all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, continuations and
continuations-in-part), inventions (whether patentable or not), copyrights
(including, without limitation, rights in audiovisual works and moral
rights), trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
dress and all other intellectual property rights and proprietary right,
whether arising under the laws of the United States, or any other country,
state or jurisdiction.
1.3 “Professional Services” means the development, integration,
implementation, marketing, and other services to be provided by
Zeppelin, as described in one or more Statements of Work, but excluding
the Hosted Services.
1.4 “Scope Limitations” means the limitations on Subscriber’s
use of the Hosted Services specified in Exhibit A.
1.5 “Statement of Work” or “SOW” means any statement of work
setting forth details of the Professional Services to be provided by
Zeppelin to Subscriber, including the services set forth on Exhibit B and
as otherwise mutually agreed between the Parties in the form of a writing
signed by both parties and which statement of work will be considered
attached to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.
The terms of this Agreement shall govern in the event of any conflict
between this Agreement and the terms of any SOW.
1.6 “Subscriber Website” means hotel and travel-accommodation
booking websites hosted and operated by or on behalf of Subscriber and
made publicly available to end users and as agreed by the Parties in
writing.
2. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2.1 Professional Services. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, Zeppelin agrees to use commercially reasonable
efforts to perform the Professional Services by the dates specified in an
applicable Statement of Work. Zeppelin shall determine, upon
consultation with Subscriber, the time, place, personnel, methods, details
and means of performing the Professional Services. Zeppelin may
assign, reassign and substitute personnel of competent and comparable
skills at any time and may provide the same or similar services to any
other third party. Zeppelin shall furnish Subscriber with every reasonable
opportunity for Subscriber to ascertain that the Professional Services are
being performed in accordance with the terms and requirements of this
Agreement. All work done and services shall be subject to inspection
and approval of Subscriber.
2.2 Deliverables; Acceptance. Upon completion of an applicable
milestone under a Statement of Work, Zeppelin shall make available to
Subscriber the applicable deliverables identified under such Statement of
Work. Subscriber shall have ten (10) days from delivery to inspect, test,
and evaluate all functions listed on a Statement of Work, or its exhibits or
schedules, to verify that the Services are functioning according to their
specifications (the “Inspection Period”) reject such deliverables for failure
to meet the specifications set forth in the SOW, and shall provide written
details as to the specific non-conformities identified by Subscriber.
Failure to provide such written rejection notice within ten (10) days of
delivery shall be deemed acceptance of such deliverables and/or
milestones. Zeppelin shall use reasonable commercial efforts to remedy
any non-conformity identified in a rejection notice and resubmit the
corrected deliverable, and the Parties shall repeat the procedure set forth
in this Section 2.2 for such corrected deliverable. If, after repeated
efforts, Zeppelin is unable to remedy the failures to meet specifications of
which it has been notified by Subscriber, Subscriber may choose to
terminate all or a portion of this Agreement and not accept the
Professional Service or Hosted Services.
2.3 Audit. The Subscriber shall have the right to inspect and/or
audit all relevant records and other written materials used by Zeppelin in
preparing its invoices to the Subscriber (except that Subscriber shall not
have the right to access or review sensitive company information or
information otherwise relating to Zeppelins’ Intellectual Property).
3. Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights
3.1 Zeppelin’s Proprietary Rights. This Agreement does not
transfer from Zeppelin to Subscriber any rights in any invention,
improvement, method, process, software or other works of authorship, or
other innovations of any kind, including, without limitation, any
improvements or modifications to the Hosted Services (collectively, the
“Zeppelin Technology”), and, as between the Parties, all right, title and
interest, including all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to all Zeppelin
Technology will remain solely with Zeppelin. To the extent that
Subscriber may acquire property rights in any Zeppelin Technology,
Subscriber hereby assigns to Zeppelin all of its rights, title and interest
therein and thereto.
3.2 Subscriber Proprietary Rights; Subscriber Website. Subscriber
is the exclusive owner of and retains all right, title and interest in and to
the Subscriber Website and all Subscriber Intellectual Property Rights
including, Subscriber-specific text, data images, design, structure,
graphic images, any audio, video and audiovisual material, trademarks,
and other materials on web pages on the Website from which the
Services are accessed or which Subscriber provides to Zeppelin for
incorporation into any materials developed in connection with the
Services, including without limitation all Intellectual Property Rights
therein. To the extent that Zeppelin may acquire property rights in any
Subscriber Intellectual Property Rights, Zeppelin hereby assigns to
Subscriber all of its rights, title and interest therein and thereto.
3.3 Trademarks. Each Party (the “Using Party”) agrees that, with
respect to its use of the other Party’s (the “Owning Party”) trademarks,
marks and trade names (“Marks”) provided or otherwise identified by the
Owning Party for the Using Party’s use: (a) as between the Parties, all
rights in and to such Marks are owned by the Owning Party, (b) the
Using Party will do nothing inconsistent with such ownership, (c) all
goodwill accruing from the use of such Marks will inure to the sole benefit
of and be on behalf of the Owning Party, (d) it will use the Owning
Party’s Marks in accordance with any guidelines for the use of such
Marks as provided by the Owning Party from time to time, (e) it will not
alter any such Marks and will use only exact reproductions thereof as
supplied by the Owning Party, except where permitted by this
Agreement, and (f) at the Owning Party’s reasonable request, all
depictions of such Marks which the Using Party intends to use will be
submitted to the Owning Party for approval of design, color, or other
details.
3.4 No Other Licenses. Except as specifically provided in this
Agreement, neither party grants the other any right or license, express or
implied, in its Intellectual Property Rights.
4. USE OF THE HOSTED SERVICES
4.1 Use of the Hosted Services. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Zeppelin grants to Subscriber a limited,
worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as permitted in
Section 12.4) right to use the Hosted Services solely as integrated by
Zeppelin into the Subscriber Websites. Subscriber’s right to use the
Hosted Services is subject to, and contingent upon Subscriber’s
compliance with, the Scope Limitations.
4.2 Use Restrictions. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in
this Agreement or as may be expressly required or permitted by
applicable law or court order, Subscriber will not, and will not permit or
authorize third parties to: (a) rent, lease, or otherwise permit third parties
to use the Hosted Services; (b) use the Hosted Services to provide
services to third parties (e.g., as a service bureau); nor (c) circumvent or
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disable any security or other technological features or measures of the
Hosted Services, except as required by law or court order.
4.3 Protection against Unauthorized Use. Subscriber will use
reasonable efforts to prevent any unauthorized use of the Hosted
Services and immediately notify Zeppelin in writing of any unauthorized
use that comes to Subscriber’s attention. If there is unauthorized use by
anyone who obtained access to the Hosted Services directly or indirectly
through Subscriber, Subscriber will take all steps reasonably necessary
to terminate the unauthorized use. Subscriber will cooperate and assist
with any actions taken by Zeppelin to prevent or terminate unauthorized
use of the Hosted Services.
4.4 Reservation of Rights. Zeppelin grants to Subscriber a limited
right to use the Hosted Services under this Agreement. Subscriber will
not have any rights to the Hosted Services except as expressly granted
in this Agreement. Zeppelin reserves to itself all rights to the Hosted
Services not expressly granted to Subscriber in accordance with this
Agreement.
5. FEES AND PAYMENT
5.1 Fees and Payment Terms. Fees shall be due as indicated
on Exhibit A and Exhibit B or any subsequently agreed to Statement of
Work. Such fees shall be invoiced, to Subscriber as indicated on an
applicable Statement of Work, when they incur and payment of such fees
shall be due within thirty (30) days of the invoice unless a notice of
rejection pursuant to Section 2.2 above is provided. Any amount not paid
when due will be subject to finance charges equal to 1.5% of the unpaid
balance per month or the highest rate permitted by applicable law,
whichever is less.
5.2 Taxes. Subscriber will bear all taxes, duties, and other
governmental charges (collectively, “taxes”) resulting from its receipt of
the Professional Services or use of the Hosted Services. The fees paid
under this Agreement include full compensation for all taxes that
Zeppelin is required to pay. Zeppelin will be responsible for any other
taxes or fees resulting from its performance of this Agreement, including
without limitation, income, property, and employment taxes.
6. TERM AND TERMINATION
6.1 Term. This Agreement will commence upon the Effective
Date and continue for the initial term specified in Exhibit A unless this
Agreement is terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
6.2 Termination for Material Breach or Non-Appropriation of
Funds. In the case that either party is not complying with terms of this
Agreement, the other party may notify the party of such defect or failure
to perform and give such party thirty (30) days to cure the breach or
deficiency. If the breach or deficiency is not cured within thirty (30) days
the other party may terminate the Agreement immediately by providing
written notice. In the event Subscriber cannot or does not appropriate
funding sufficient to continue the Agreement as the result of unforeseen
fiscal constraints, Subscriber may terminate the Agreement upon 30
days’ notice to Zeppelin provided however that in the case that
Subscriber terminates due to unforeseen fiscal constraints, it agrees to
pay Zeppelin an early termination fee equal to the amount that would be
due if the next applicable milestone described on Exhibit B attached
hereto had been reached less any offset Subscriber would be entitled to
pursuant to this Agreement.
6.3 Post-Termination Obligations. If this Agreement is
terminated by either party, Subscriber will pay Zeppelin for any Fees
earned up to the day it received notice of the Subscriber's intent to
terminate the Agreement less any offset from such Fees representing the
Subscriber's damages from such breach and Zeppelin will provide
commercially reasonable support to Subscriber, at Zeppelin’s then-
current rates for such services, to migrate away from Zeppelin’s
infrastructure the hosting and operation of the Hosted Services to which
Subscriber is licensed.
7. WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER
7.1 Mutual Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to
the other that: (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
and constitutes a valid and binding agreement enforceable against such
Party in accordance with its terms; and (b) no authorization or approval
from any third party is required in connection with such Party’s execution,
delivery, or performance of this Agreement. Zeppelin warrants to
Subscriber that Zeppelin will provide the Professional Services to
Subscriber in a professional manner consistent with specifications
provided herein. Zeppelin warrants to Subscriber that the Hosted
Services will materially conform to the applicable specifications set forth
herein. Zeppelin also warrants that its Hosted Services technology does
not infringe on any third-party intellectual property rights and that no third
party has a claim of such infringement currently against Zeppelin.
7.2 Disclaimer. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, ZEPPELIN
MAKES NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED (EITHER IN FACT OR BY
OPERATION OF LAW), OR STATUTORY, AS TO ANY MATTER
WHATSOEVER. ZEPPELIN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, ACCURACY, AND TITLE.
ZEPPELIN DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH
THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOSTED SERVICES. ZEPPELIN DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE HOSTED SERVICES ARE OR WILL BE
ERROR-FREE OR THAT OPERATION OF THE HOSTED SERVICES
WILL BE SECURE OR UNINTERRUPTED. ZEPPELIN EXERCISES
NO CONTROL OVER AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY
ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF
SUBSCRIBER’S USE OF THE HOSTED SERVICES.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 Each Party agrees that it shall: (i) maintain all confidential,
non-public or proprietary information, trade secrets and all
documentation related thereto received from the other Party in
confidence (“Confidential Information”); (ii) exercise at least the same
degree of care to safeguard the Confidential Information of the other
Party that it uses to safeguard its own Confidential Information (but not
less than reasonable care); (iii) not, directly or indirectly, disclose the
Confidential Information of the other Party to any third party unless
expressly authorized by the other Party in a prior signed writing; and (iv)
except as permitted hereunder, not use the Confidential Information of
the other Party for its benefit or the benefit of any third party. All
Confidential Information shall remain the property of the Party providing
the Confidential Information and shall be returned to the providing Party
upon written request or termination of this Agreement. Without limiting
the foregoing, the Parties agree that, as between Zeppelin and
Subscriber, all technology in and to the Hosted Services are the
Confidential Information of Zeppelin. Without limiting the foregoing,
Subscriber agrees not to disclose to any third party information regarding
Zeppelin’s specific implementation of Hosted Services for Subscriber.
The receiving Party shall have the right to share the existence and
nature of this Agreement with potential investors or acquirers, or with
such Party’s attorneys, accountants, bankers, or other professional
advisors in connection with a financing, merger, acquisition, corporate
reorganization, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of its
assets, or as required by law.
8.2 Neither Party, however, shall have any obligation with respect
to Confidential Information that: (i) is or becomes generally known to the
public other than as a result as acts by the receiving Party; (ii) is
independently developed by the receiving Party, as demonstrated by
written evidence; (iii) is known to the receiving Party prior to its receipt
from the other Party, as demonstrated by written evidence; (iv) is
disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party who has no duty of
confidentiality to the other Party, on a non-confidential basis and not in
violation of any confidentiality agreement; or (v) is required to be
disclosed by lawful process, provided that the requested Party shall
provide the other Party with timely notice in order for that Party to seek a
protective order or otherwise object.
8.3 Zeppelin shall have the right to use the Residuals.
“Residuals” means information of a general nature (e.g. general skills
know-how and expertise) that is gained during the course of Agreement
and retained in the unaided memory of persons so long as they acquire
and apply such information without disclosure of any Confidential
Information of Subscriber. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing set forth
in this Agreement shall limit Zeppelin’s right to provide services similar to
or the same as the Hosted Services and Professional Services to third
parties, subject to the protection of Subscriber’s Confidential Information.
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
9.1 Defense. Zeppelin will, at its expense, either defend
Subscriber from or settle any claim, proceeding, or suit (“Claim”) brought
by a third party against Subscriber alleging that Subscriber’s use of the
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Hosted Services infringes or misappropriates any patent, copyright, trade
secret, trademark, or other intellectual property right during the term of
this Agreement if or for any third party Claim resulting from a breach of
the provisions of this Agreement if: (a) Subscriber gives Zeppelin prompt
written notice of the Claim; (b) Subscriber grants Zeppelin full and
complete control over the defense and settlement of the Claim; (c)
Subscriber provides assistance in connection with the defense and
settlement of the Claim as Zeppelin may reasonably request; and (d)
Subscriber complies with any settlement or court order made in
connection with the Claim (e.g., relating to the future use of any infringing
Hosted Services). Subscriber will not defend or settle any Claim without
Zeppelin’s prior written consent. Subscriber will have the right to
participate in the defense of the Claim at its own expense and with
counsel of its own choosing, but Zeppelin will have sole control over the
defense and settlement of the Claim.
9.2 Indemnification. Zeppelin will indemnify Subscriber from and
pay (a) all damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees finally awarded against
Subscriber in any Claim under Section 9.1; (b) all out-of-pocket costs
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees for an attorney of Subscriber's
choosing) reasonably incurred by Subscriber in connection with the
defense of a Claim under Section 9.1 (other than attorneys’ fees and
costs incurred without Zeppelin’s consent after Zeppelin has accepted
defense of the Claim); and (c) all amounts that Zeppelin agrees to pay to
any third party to settle any Claim under Section 9.1.
9.3 Exclusions from Obligations. Zeppelin will have no
obligation under this Section 9 for any infringement or misappropriation
to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon (a) use of the Hosted
Services in combination with other products or services if Zeppelin first
establishes that such infringement or misappropriation would not have
arisen but for such combination; (b) the Hosted Services are provided to
comply with designs, requirements, or specifications required by or
provided by Subscriber, if the alleged infringement or misappropriation
would not have arisen but for the compliance with such designs,
requirements, or specifications; (c) use of the Hosted Services by
Subscriber for purposes not intended or outside the scope of the license
granted to Subscriber; (d) Subscriber’s failure to use the Hosted Services
in accordance with written instructions provided by Zeppelin, if the
infringement or misappropriation would not have occurred but for such
failure; or (e) any modification of the Hosted Services not made or
authorized in writing by Zeppelin where such infringement or
misappropriation would not have occurred absent such modification.
10. SUBSCRIBER INDEMNIFICATION
10.1 Defense. Subscriber will defend Zeppelin from any actual
third party Claim arising out of or based upon Subscriber’s breach of any
of the provisions of this Agreement if: (a) Zeppelin gives Subscriber
prompt written notice of the Claim; (b) Zeppelin grants Subscriber full
and complete control over the defense and settlement of the Claim; (c)
Zeppelin provides assistance in connection with the defense and
settlement of the Claim as Subscriber may reasonably request; and (d)
Zeppelin complies with any settlement or court order made in connection
with the Claim. Zeppelin will not defend or settle any Claim without
Subscriber’s prior written consent. Zeppelin will have the right to
participate in the defense of the Claim at its own expense and with
counsel of its own choosing, but Subscriber will have sole control over
the defense and settlement of the Claim.
10.2 Indemnification. Subscriber will indemnify Zeppelin from and
pay (a) all damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees finally awarded against
Zeppelin in any Claim under Section 10.1; (b) all out-of-pocket costs
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by Zeppelin in
connection with the defense of a Claim under Section 10.1 (other than
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred without Subscriber’s consent after
Subscriber has accepted defense of the Claim); and (c) all amounts that
Subscriber agrees to pay to any third party to settle any Claim under
Section 10.1.
11. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
11.1 Disclaimer of Indirect Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT,
NEITHER PARTY WILL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE
TO THE OTHER FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR
LOSS OF BUSINESS, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY IS APPRISED OF
THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING.
11.2 Cap on Liability. EXCEPT AS CONTEMPLATED AND/ OR
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 9 AND 10, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL ZEPPELIN’S TOTAL LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO WARRANTY CLAIMS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORUM AND
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY ACTION OR CLAIM IS BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT
PAID BY SUBSCRIBER TO ZEPPELIN DURING THE 12 MONTHS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM (DETERMINED AS OF THE
DATE OF ANY FINAL JUDGMENT IN AN ACTION).
11.3 Independent Allocations of Risk. EACH PROVISION OF
THIS AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF
DAMAGES IS TO ALLOCATE THE RISKS OF THIS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THIS ALLOCATION IS REFLECTED IN
THE PRICING OFFERED BY ZEPPELIN TO SUBSCRIBER AND IS AN
ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN
THE PARTIES. EACH OF THESE PROVISIONS IS SEVERABLE AND
INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11 WILL APPLY
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF
ANY LIMITED REMEDY IN THIS AGREEMENT.
12. GENERAL
12.1 Insurance. Zeppelin shall comply with the insurance
requirements specified in Schedule 12.1.
12.2 Business Tax. Zeppelin must have a valid City of San Luis
Obispo business tax certificate before, or within a reasonable time
following, execution of the contract. Additional information regarding
Subscriber's business tax program may be obtained by calling (805) 781-
7134.
12.3 Relationship. Each Party will be and act as an independent
contractor (and not as the agent or representative) of the other Party in
the performance of this Agreement.
12.4 Assignability. Neither Party may assign its rights, duties,
and obligations under this Agreement without the other Party’s prior
written consent.
12.5 Use of Contractors. Zeppelin may retain third parties
(“Contractors”) to furnish services to it in connection with the
performance of its obligations hereunder and permit such Contractors to
have access to Subscriber’s Confidential Information on a need to know
basis, but only to the extent and insofar as reasonably necessary to
discharge Zeppelin’s obligations under this Agreement; provided that all
such Contractors shall be required by Zeppelin to execute a written
agreement (i) sufficient to secure compliance by the Contractors with
Zeppelin’s obligations of confidentiality concerning Confidential
Information set forth in this Agreement; (ii) acknowledging the
Contractor’s obligation to assign all work product in connection with
performance hereunder; and (iii) effecting assignments of all Intellectual
Property Rights concerning the Services to Subscriber or Zeppelin, as
appropriate. Subscriber's consent to the use of a contractor shall not
relieve Zeppelin of any liability or obligation hereunder, and Zeppelin
shall be responsible and liable for all acts, omissions, defaults,
negligence or willful misconduct of any such Contractor and for such
Contractor’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Zeppelin is responsible for the supervision, direction, control, and
compensation of its employees and permitted Contractors. Subscriber,
upon request, may review such agreements at any time before or after
execution by such Contractors to ensure compliance with this
Agreement.
12.6 Immigration Act of 1986. Zeppelin warrants on behalf of
itself and all Contractors engaged for the performance of this work that
only persons authorized to work in the United States (or in the location
where such Contractor is engaged) pursuant to the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986 and other applicable laws shall be employed in
the performance of the work hereunder.
12.7 Non-Discrimination. In the performance of this Agreement,
Zeppelin agrees that it will not engage in, nor permit such employees or
Contractors as it may employ, to engage in discrimination in employment
of persons because of age, race, color, sex, national origin or ancestry,
sexual orientation, or religion of such persons.
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12.8 Interests of Zeppelin. Zeppelin covenants that it presently
has no interest, and that during the Term of this Agreement it shall not
acquire any interest—direct, indirect or otherwise—that would conflict in
any manner or degree with the performance of the work hereunder.
Zeppelin further covenants that, in the performance of this Agreement,
no Contractor or person having such an interest shall be employed.
Zeppelin certifies that no one who has or will have any financial interest
in performing this work is an officer or employee of Subscriber. It is
hereby expressly agreed that, in the performance of the work hereunder,
Zeppelin shall at all times be deemed an independent contractor and not
an agent or employee of Subscriber.
12.9 Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given in
accordance with this Agreement will be effective if it is in writing and sent
by certified or registered mail, or insured courier, return receipt
requested, to the appropriate Party at the address set forth on the
signature page of this Agreement and with the appropriate postage
affixed. Either Party may change its address for receipt of notice by
notice to the other Party in accordance with this Section 12.9. Notices
are deemed given five (5) business days following the date of mailing or
one business day following delivery to a courier.
12.10 Compliance with Laws. Each Party will, at its cost and
expense, obtain all necessary regulatory approvals, licenses, and
permits applicable to its business and comply with all laws applicable to
its business and/or the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, as such laws may be revised from time to time. Specifically,
Zeppelin shall be responsible for ensuring the Hosted Services maintain
compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI
DDS), California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (OPPA), the
CAN-SPAM Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) (to the extent it applies).
12.11 Restriction on Motor Vehicle Use. Zeppelin has
represented and hereby agrees that no motor vehicles will be operated
by Zeppelin agents, representatives, employees or contractors in
performance of this Agreement. If, in breach of this provision, Zeppelin
representatives, agents, employees or contractors utilize motor vehicles
in performance of this Agreement, in addition to the remedies provided in
this Agreement and by law, Zeppelin shall defend Subscriber from any
Claim arising out of the use of a motor vehicle by a Zeppelin agent,
representative, contractor or employee in performance of this
Agreement. Zeppelin shall also indemnify Subscriber from and pay (a)
all damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees finally awarded against Zeppelin
in any Claim regarding the use of a motor vehicle by a Zeppelin agent,
representative, contractor or employee in performance of this
Agreement.
12.12 Force Majeure. Neither Party will be liable for, or be
considered to be in breach of or default under this Agreement on account
of, any delay or failure to perform as required by this Agreement as a
result of any cause or condition beyond its reasonable control, so long as
that Party uses all commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove
the causes of non-performance.
12.13 Governing Law. This Agreement will be interpreted,
construed, and enforced in all respects in accordance with the local laws
of the State of California, without reference to its choice of law rules and
not including the provisions of the 1980 U.N. Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods. Each Party hereby irrevocably consents
to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state, and local
courts in the County of San Luis Obispo, California in connection with
any action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
12.14 Waiver. The waiver by either Party of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement does not waive any other breach. The
failure of any Party to insist on strict performance of any covenant or
obligation in accordance with this Agreement will not be a waiver of such
Party’s right to demand strict compliance in the future, nor will the same
be construed as a novation of this Agreement.
12.15 Severability. If any part of this Agreement is found to be
illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, the remaining portions of this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect. If any material limitation or
restriction on the use of the Hosted Services under this Agreement is
found to be illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, Subscriber’s right to use the
Hosted Services will immediately terminate.
12.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of identical counterparts, notwithstanding that the Parties have
not signed the same counterpart, with the same effect as if the Parties
had signed the same document. All counterparts will be construed as
and constitute the same agreement. This Agreement may also be
executed and delivered by facsimile and such execution and delivery will
have the same force and effect of an original document with original
signatures.
12.17 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all exhibits
and Statements of Work, is the entire agreement between the Parties
regarding the subject matter hereof, and replaces and supersedes all
prior oral and written agreements regarding the subject matter hereof.
No usage of trade or other regular practice or method of dealing between
the Parties will be used to modify, interpret, supplement, or alter the
terms of this Agreement. This Agreement may be changed only by a
written agreement signed by an authorized agent of the Party against
whom enforcement is sought. Zeppelin will not be bound by, and
specifically objects to, any term, condition, or other provision that is
different from or in addition to this Agreement (whether or not it would
materially alter this Agreement) that is proffered by Subscriber in any
receipt, acceptance, confirmation, correspondence, proposal, or
otherwise, unless Zeppelin specifically agrees to such provision in writing
and signed by an authorized agent of Zeppelin.
“Zeppelin” “Subscriber”
Zeppelin, Inc. City of San Luis Obispo
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Signature: Signature:
Date: Date:
Address: Address:
Contact Telephone: Contact Telephone:
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SCHEDULE 12.1
INSURANCE
1. Insurance Requirements. Zeppelin shall provide proof of insurance in the form, coverages and amounts specified in
this Schedule as a precondition to contract execution. Zeppelin shall procure and maintain, for the duration of the Agreement,
insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance
of the work hereunder by the Zeppelin, its agents, representatives, employees or Contractors.
2. Minimum Scope of Insurance. Coverage shall be at least as broad as:
(a) Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence form CG 20 10 Prior to 1993
or CG 20 10 07 04 with CG 20 37 10 01 or the exact equivalent as determined by Subscriber).
(b) Workers' Compensation insurance as required by the State of California and Employer's Liability
Insurance.
(c) Errors and Omissions Liability insurance as appropriate to the consultant's profession.
3. Minimum Limits of Insurance. Zeppelin shall maintain limits no less than:
(a) General Liability: $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage. If
Commercial General Liability or other form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the general aggregate limit shall apply
separately to this project/location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit.
(b) Employer's Liability: $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury or disease.
(c) Errors and Omissions Liability: $1,000,000 per occurrence.
4. Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions. Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and
approved by Subscriber. At the option of Subscriber, either: the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured
retentions as respects Subscriber, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers; or the Zeppelin shall procure a bond
guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses.
5. Other Insurance Provisions. The general liability policy is to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following
provisions:
(a) The City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are to be covered as insureds as
respects: liability arising out of activities performed by or on behalf of Zeppelin; products and completed operations of the Zeppelin;
premises owned, occupied or used by the Zeppelin.. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection
afforded to Subscriber, its officers, official, employees, agents or volunteers.
(b) For any claims related to this project, Zeppelin's insurance coverage shall be primary insurance as
respects Subscriber, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by
Subscriber, its officers, officials, employees, agents or volunteers shall be excess of Zeppelin's insurance and shall not contribute
with it.
(c) Zeppelin's insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought,
except with respect to the limits of the insurer's liability.
(d) Each insurance policy required by this clause shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be
suspended, voided, canceled by either party, reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days' prior written notice by
certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to Subscriber.
6. Acceptability of Insurers. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best's rating of no less than
A:VII.
7. Verification of Coverage. Zeppelin shall furnish Subscriber with a certificate of insurance showing maintenance of
the required insurance coverage. Original endorsements effecting general liability coverage required by this clause must also be
provided. The endorsements are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. All
endorsements are to be received and approved by Subscriber before work commences.
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Exhibit A - 1
EXHIBIT A
HOSTED SERVICES AND FEES
1. Hosted Services. The Hosted Services are a single instance of Zeppelin’s hosted travel-accommodation booking
engine, currently referred to as “Helium,” as implemented and made available by Zeppelin in accordance with the Professional
Services and accessible by or through one or more Subscriber Websites. The Hosted Services will, at minimum, provide the
following features and capabilities when integrated into the Subscriber Websites as indicated on Appendix 1, attached hereto.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement will be a period of five years commencing on the Effective Date (“Term”).
3. Scope Limitations.
(a) The Subscriber Websites may only be made available to end users through the following domain names
(and their subdomains), which list of domain names may be updated from time to time by the Parties:
(i) SANLUISOBISPOVACATIONS.COM; and
(ii) the natural shortening or abbreviation of the preceding URLS (e.g. SLOVacays.com).
(b) A Subscriber Website may only provide booking capabilities for hotels and other accommodations located
within the city limits of San Luis Obispo or which accommodations are otherwise subject to the taxing authority of the Tourism
Business Improvement District of the City of San Luis Obispo (“TBID”).
4. Support. Zeppelin will provide maintenance services to Subscriber at no additional cost. Support will include software
updates, security patches, bug fixes, platform compliance, platform expansion when necessary (or at Zeppelin’s election), and
Subscriber and property owner user support.
5. Fees. There is no additional fee charged by Zeppelin for the continued operation and support of the Hosted Services
as provided by Zeppelin under this Agreement.
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APPENDIX 1
HOSTED SERVICES SPECIFICATION
Zeppelin Represents and warrants that the Professional Services will result in the Hosted Services providing the following
features and capabilities when integrated into the Subscriber Websites:
• Property management tools (Back end):
o Provide property owners and their credentialed property managers the ability to manage, in real time, property
inventory, availability, pricing, bookings, features, amenities, photos, descriptions and contact information.
o Provide tiered access capability for Admin, Super User and User accounts.
o Provide TBID Admin functionality for adding of new constituent/property owner accounts.
o Populate with available inventory and availability if the property’s existing software systems provide an API to
do so.
o Offer the ability to manually input and manage inventory if the property does not have the ability to do so.
o Provide reporting tools offering reports that may be customized by property owners, managers and TBID
representatives.
o Includes training for property owners and managers.
o Subscriber has access to each property owner’s report and aggregate reports (for instance, Subscriber can
review a report of total inventory and availability.
• Property search and booking tools (Front end)
o Provide tools for site visitors of the SLO TBID’s website to browse and search SLO TBID properties and to book
lodging stays from said properties within the site.
Site visitors may search and filter properties by type, amenities, pricing, and travel dates.
o Provide individual property pages for each of the SLO TBID’s properties.
o Include a call-to-action/booking widget (or similar functionality) that constituents may embed in their properties
websites.
o Provide integration of constituent’s standard payment processing accounts into the Hosted Services.
o Provide content and functionality to be optimized for display on mobile devices.
o Zeppelin will provide Helium integration services into the Subscriber Website without requiring changes to the
layout, look, feel, or organization of the Subscriber Website (unless agree to in writing by Subscriber).
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Exhibit B - 1
EXHIBIT B
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND FEES
1. Professional Services.
(a) Implementation Services. Implement and integrate the Hosted Services with the applicable Subscriber
Websites, in accordance with the specifications set forth in Exhibit A and the attached Appendix 1 (“Implementation Services”).
(b) Marketing Services. Zeppelin will use commercially reasonable efforts to promote and market the
Subscriber Websites, with a goal of meeting the following aggregate targets across all Subscriber Websites:
Objective Target
Aggregate advertising impressions promoting the
Subscriber Websites in the first 12 months of the Initial
Term.
2,500,000
Aggregate website visits to the Subscriber Websites in the
first 12 months of the Initial Term
25,000
Aggregate number of bookings for any travel inventory on
the Subscriber Websites in the first 12 months of the Initial
Term
1,200
(i) Subscriber shall have the right to review and approve e-mails and targeted ads 5 days prior
to sending and/or public display or distribution.
(ii) In the event Zeppelin breaches its marketing services obligations pursuant to this Section
1(b) of Exhibit B (“Marketing Services”), Zeppelin’s sole and exclusive liability shall be for Zeppelin to re-perform, at no additional
cost, the deficient Marketing Services for the subsequent 12 months. Subscriber in its sole discretion at its convenience may
terminate the Agreement if the marketing services objectives set forth herein are not met following the completion of the first twelve
(12) months of services.
(c) Hosting and Operation of Subscriber Website. Zeppelin acknowledges that, during the period of
implementation by Zeppelin of the Hosted Services on the Subscriber Websites, the Subscriber may go through a change of
contract for its marketing agency of record (the current marketing agency has been hosting, maintaining and updating the
Subscriber Websites). In the event that Subscriber’s new marketing agency is unable to provide such hosting and maintenance
services with respect to Subscriber Websites, Subscriber may request Zeppelin, and Zeppelin may elect in its sole discretion, to
take on such responsibilities for hosting and maintaining the Subscriber Websites. If Zeppelin so elects, Zeppelin would require a
minimum 10 days’ prior written notice of the intent to transfer responsibility to Zeppelin and Zeppelin shall then provide such hosting
and maintenance services with respect to Subscriber Websites for no more than 90 days from the date of transfer of responsibility to
Zeppelin. In such event, Zeppelin shall include 5 hours per week of maintenance services at no cost, provided that all additional
hours of Zeppelin services in any given week shall be billed by Zeppelin at the rate of $150/hour, and Subscriber agrees to promptly
pay to Zeppelin all such amounts invoiced by Zeppelin. Upon the completion of the Implementation Services and Subscriber
commencing business with its new marketing agency, Zeppelin will, upon written request from Subscriber of no less than 30 days,
transfer and turn over control of the applicable Subscriber Website to the new agency of record; provided, however, that Zeppelin
may cease hosting such Subscriber Website immediately if the new marketing agency is not in place within a 90-day period.
2. Fees. $135,000 to be paid by Subscriber promptly upon delivery or completion by Zeppelin of the applicable
milestone or deliverable detailed below:
Milestone Deliverable Target Due Date Payment Due
Upon
Acceptance
#1 - Project Commencement Agreement is executed n/a $13,500
#2 - Project Development
Documentation
Parties agree on technical design
documents
8 weeks from Effective Date $40,500
#3 - Project Feature Complete /
QA Commencement
Demonstration by Zeppelin of
features of Hosted Services
6 weeks from delivery of
milestone #2
$40,500
#4 - QA Complete / Launch Zeppelin notifies Subscriber of
completion of integration of
Hosted Services with one or more
Subscriber Websites and
2 weeks from delivery of
milestone #3
$27,000
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Exhibit B - 2
readiness for public launch.
#5 – Project Completion No further deliverable is owed by
Zeppelin, and this milestone shall
be deemed delivered and
complete on the date that is 2
calendar weeks from delivery of
milestone #4.
2 weeks from delivery of
milestone #4
$13,500
TOTAL $135,000
3. Contacts.
(a) The following are the primary contacts of each party:
Organization Name, Title Work Number Email Address
Zeppelin
City of San
Luis Obispo
TBID
(b) The following are the technical contacts of each party:
Organization Name, Title Work Number Email Address
Zeppelin
City of San
Luis Obispo
TBID
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2014-15 Budget Allocation Recommended by the Tourism Business
Improvement District Board
Campaign
Elements/Contractors
Workscope Budget
Allocation
BCA/StudioGood General Marketing Services $ 650,000
SLO Chamber of
Commerce
TBID-Specific Telephone Fulfillment &
Availability Assistance
$ 28,000
Visit San Luis Obispo
County
General Contribution for marketing plan
execution inclusive of Membership
$ 105,000
Zeppelin Technology Inc Helium - Booking Engine
$ 121,500
Smith Travel Research Monthly in-county data comparison
$ 1,500
Central Coast Tourism
Council
Membership
$ 1000
Cal Poly Athletics Partnership for 2014-15
Sponsorship & Room Costs
$95,500
SLO Wine Association Partnership & Room Costs
$11,000
Event Promotion General Event Promotion $107,501
Tradeshows Travel & Adventure Shows
Materials for the Shows
Industry Conferences
$30,500
Tourism Expenses $2,500
Total Expenditure $1,154,001
* Does not include Tourism Manager Staffing & Administration Overhead Fees
2014-15 Proposed Budget $1,232,774
(2013-15 Financial Plan Supplement page C-5)
** The un-appropriated fund balance will not be known until the entire 2014-15 collection has
occurred and the City’s audit has been substantially completed.
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2014-15 Budget Allocation Recommended by the Promotional
Coordinating Committee
Campaign
Elements/Contractors
Workscope Budget
Allocation
Grants-in-Aid Funding Direct Grant Allocations
(based on applications received)
Grant Support Program
$ 90,000
$ 25,000
Events & Activities Direct Events & Activities Allocations
(based on applications received)
Events & Activities Support Program
$ 48,000
$ 32,000
SLO Chamber of
Commerce
Visitors Center Services
Operate a Visitors Center in downtown San
Luis Obispo to assist tourists with information
about tourist attractions and hotel availability.
Downtown Maps
$ 95,000
$ 8,000
PR Comprehensive program for proactive and
reactive Public Relations
$ 58,000
Beautification initial funding $ 1,000
Program Support $ 5,000
Total Expenditure $ 362,000
* Does not include Tourism Manager Staffing
Community Promotions Proposed Budget 2014-15 $388, 200
(2013-15 Financial Plan Supplement page C-5)
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Promotional Coordinating Committee
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
5:30 pm at City Hall
CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chair Sasha Palazzo
PRESENT: Cox, Franciskovich, Levi
STAFF PRESENT: Molly Cano, Tourism Manager
Meeting to order at 5:33 pm
CONSENT AGENDA
ACTION: Moved by Cox/ Franciskovich to approve the consent agenda.
Motion carried 4:0
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. WAYFINDING PROGRAM UPDATE
City Engineer, Bridget Fraser, presented a program update on the Wayfinding Sign status. She
provided a brief background on the history of the project then presented the current status. The
projects nine prototype signs, a mix of vehicular and pedestrian signs, have been installed around
downtown and the City is currently collecting feedback over the next 6 weeks to determine changes
necessary for the permanent sign fabrication and installation. First project permanent install is
expected in Spring 2015. Next project that is beginning is the downtown orientation maps- design
should being mid-summer. The third project of focus currently is the monument sign. This project
was originally anticipated to be funded through a grant with SLOCOG, however the estimated costs
exceed expectation so funds are being requested from the City for the project. SLOCOG has
requested $100,000 from the City of SLO to cover our portion of the monument sign project. Fraser
noted that staff recommended that $55,000 come from the Wayfinding Sign project budget. Fraser
presented the committee with an option of where these shortfall funds could come from including the
design and construction budgets for the directional signage. The reaming $45,000 would come from
the completed projects fund and the remaining city gateway design fund. The impact of this transfer
would be the reduction in 5-7 directional signs from the complete project.
The committee discussed the request at great length. They were supportive of the transfer in order to
complete the monument sign project however; the committee was particularly concerned with having
the funds replaced in the budget when new funding becomes available so the project could be
completed as originally planned. They also requested to prioritize that any returned funds from the
$100,000 estimated costs for the monument project, be returned to the directional signage budget and
if the project doesn’t move fowrad that the funds are returned to the originally intended budgets.
ACTION: Moved by Levi/Cox to support the recommendation to City Council to approve funding
transfers totaling $100,000 to the City Gateways project account as follows: $55,000 from the
Directional Sign Program project account; $28,000 from the Completed Projects account; $17,000
from the City Gateways design account; and, to approve a $100,000 match as requested by the San
Luis Obispo Council of Governments in support of construction of the Highland Entry Monument
DRAFT
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project. With the condition that if the project doesn’t move forward the funds are to be returned to the
directional signage budget; the request for the funds to be restored in the next budget cycle; and when
new funds become available for the Wayfinding Sign program they are restored to the Directional
Sign program account.
Motion carried 4:0
2. 2014-15 BUDGET
The committee discussed the budget allocations for the 2014-15 fiscal year. With the initial
allocations to programs and contracts in order to maintaining the current workscopes, the budget
showed a $10,000 deficit. This deficit is attributed in part to increased percentage of staffing costs the
PCC contributes for the Tourism Manager. The committee discussed reducing program allocations in
order to reduce the overall deficit but was concerned with cutting back programs since their budget is
already lean.
The committee also discussed the status of the current year budget and the estimated $10,000 in
available funds remaining. The committee discussed the importance of beginning the contract for the
new media monitoring tool ($7000) as soon as possible in order to capture the media results during
the peak travel season. The committee then discussed the request to carryover the remaining 2013-14
budget for the use of Event and Activities funding to enhance the SLO Happenings app and/or
provide additional non-GIA event sponsorship grants.
If this carryover is not approved than the committee discussed making the remaining reductions of
$3000 from the 2014-15 beautification program.
ACTION: Moved by Franciskovich /Levi to:
1. Contract with Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $7000 from the 2013-14 remaining budget
for the media monitoring tool.
2. To approve contracting with the Chamber of Commerce in 2014-15 for Public Relations, GIA
Support, and downtown maps as presented.
3. To request the carryover of the remaining PCC 2013-14 budget for the purpose of enhancing the
Events and Activities program in 2014-15. Should the request to carryover of funds not be
granted, reduce the funds earmarked for the 2014-15 beautification program by $3000 to $1000.
Motion carried 4:0
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Below are charts of the two budget scenarios as discussed and recommended by the PCC:
3. GRANTS-IN-AID – PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION
The Grants-in-Aid Subcommittee presented the preliminary recommendations. The committee
explained that each application was reviewed on its own for the funding consideration than the entire
list was reevaluated as a whole to achieve the allocated funding level of $90,000 for PCC GIA. The
subcommittee noted that 3 events were denied funding- one due to terming out, one due to the event
not taking place in San Luis Obispo, and one because it does not meet the criteria of the grant. The
Scenario 1- With Carry Over Notes
IncomeProjected Budget 388,326$
Carryover $3,000
Total Income 391,326$
ExpensesGrants-in-Aid Program 90,000$ Committed
GIA Contract w Chamber 25,000$
Events & Activities 80,000$
Earmark: $48k grants; $32k for 2015 SLO
Happenings contract
Visitors Center 95,000$ Committed: 2 yr contract
PR Contract 58,000$ $58000 for PR
Downtown Maps 8,000$
Beautification 4,000$
Support Cost 5,000$
Tourism Manager (15/20/25)26,326$ Committed
Total Expenses 391,326$
Total (Defict)-$
Scenario 2- Without Carry Over Notes
IncomeProjected Budget 388,326$
Carryover $0
Total Income 388,326$
ExpensesGrants-in-Aid Program 90,000$ Committed
GIA Contract w Chamber 25,000$
Events & Activities 80,000$
Earmark: $48k grants; $32k for 2015 SLO
Happenings contract
Visitors Center 95,000$ Committed: 2 yr contract
PR Contract 58,000$ $58000 for PR
Downtown Maps 8,000$
Beautification 1,000$
Support Cost 5,000$
Tourism Manager (15/20/25)26,326$ Committed
Total Expenses 388,326$
Total (Defict)-$
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commissioners discussed a concern of reduced funding for one grant applicant. The committee then
reevaluated the funding level and adjusted grants accordingly to maintain the budgeted $90,000 for
GIA.
The committee will continue the review of the allocations at the Special Meeting and form the
recommendation to Council at that meeting. The Special Meeting for the GIA recommendation is
scheduled for May 22, 2014 at 5:30pm.
COMMITTEE COMMUNICATION
GIA Report:
None.
TBID Report:
Staff updated the committee on the recent TBID meeting and reviewed the minutes included with the
agenda.
Tourism Program Update:
Molly Cano presented the Tourism Program update on the following topics:
-Visit California Receptive FAM May 19-24– Wednesday, 5/21 will be in SLO. Companies participating
include:
Travalco
Cali¹Fun LLC
America 4 You LLC
Evergreen Escapes
Lion Tours
New World Travel
-Media Visit- Thursday journalist working on an article about the mission trail for the SD Union Tribune
-Marketing Contract for TBID – approved by Council at May 6 meeting
-SLO Happenings app feedback from TBID hotels is VERY positive
-Jazz Festival this weekend – all day Saturday in mission plaza
Meeting adjourned at 7:06 pm
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